March 04, 2009

'ch angen beth?*


*TRANS "You want what?"
So heritage day is coming up on Friday for Jake's kindergarten class. Kids are supposed to bring in food that reflects their ethnic heritage.

Since Jake is Hawaiian, Japanese, Chinese, Japanese from his mom's side, we could bring in just about anything that local kids eat here on a daily basis:

  • Mochi

  • Musubi

  • Haupia

  • Kulolo

  • Noodles

  • Fugu (ok, maybe not an everyday food)



So what does Jake ask for?

"I want Welsh food"

Um.

Dude.

Boiled mutton will not go over well...but I am the kid's dad and will do what I have to do. Fine.

This is why they invented the Internets.

So I was calling around trying to see who has ingredients for Jake’s Welsh dessert request. Hard to find Caerphilly cheese 8,000 miles from its source.

I did find this recipe though:

Cynhwysion
450g o fwyar duon wedi eu golchi a'u sychu
75g o siwgwr brown
150g o flawd codi
75g o fenyn
ychydig o ddŵr
Cyfunwch y mwyar duon, y siwgwr ac ychydig o ddŵr mewn sosban a berwch y gyfuniad am tua 5 munud. Yn y cyfamser rhoddwch y blawd mewn powlen a rhwbiwch y menyn iddo nes fod y gymysgfa fel briwsion mân. Trosglwyddwch y mwyar duon i ddesgil addas i'r popty a rhodwch y gymysgedd crymbl am ei ben.

Trosglwyddwch i bopty wedi ei gyn-gynhesu i 175°C a phobwch am tua 20 munud, neu nes fod pen y crymbl yn euraidd. Gweinwch yn boeth gyda chwstad.

>>>>>>>>>>>
Once again, I'd thank my ancestors for leaving the old country and moving to America where there were plenty of vowels.

I doubt my descendants will be able to take our family’s quest for a low consonant to vowel ratio much farther than Hawai‘i.

We are, at long last, home.
( or if you prefer: ]m , am ddyhea bara , addef)

Translations provided by the Internets.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Huh. Who knew Welsh was the ancestral language of the Klingon?

Anonymous said...

Hail to Wales. Grandpa evans